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Say Brother; School Desegregation; Bill Cosby Interview
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01/01/1968
Bill Cosby discusses presidential politics in 1968, then talks about the lack of teaching of Black history in schools, and the importance of including this topic in the school curriculum.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- School Desegregation
- Program Number
401
- Title
Bill Cosby Interview
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program focuses on school desegregation and the quality of education in Boston. Discussion with students, parents, and community activists are held within Jeremiah E. Burke High School. First program of the 1974 season.
- Duration
00:06:24
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- African American actors
- Discrimination in education
- Education--Political aspects
- African Americans--Education
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
- Cosby, Bill, 1937-
- Presidents--Election
- Race relations
- African Americans--History
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Contributors
- Barrow, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- Rivero, Marita (Producer)
- Thomas, Stuart (Interviewer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Cosby, Bill (Interviewee)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; School Desegregation; Bill Cosby Interview,” 01/01/1968, GBH Archives, accessed November 5, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A7C0F9FBADC24F159A0873AF29F9F56A.
- MLA: “Say Brother; School Desegregation; Bill Cosby Interview.” 01/01/1968. GBH Archives. Web. November 5, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A7C0F9FBADC24F159A0873AF29F9F56A>.
- APA: Say Brother; School Desegregation; Bill Cosby Interview. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A7C0F9FBADC24F159A0873AF29F9F56A